Sedillo, Antonio A.

Signature of Antonio A. Sedillo from a speech written regarding the University of New Mexico Page-Sanchez Questionare Controversy

Antonio A. Sedillo was born in Socorro, New Mexico on 15 April 1876, and began his education through public and private institutions. He was a probate clerk in Lincoln County, school teacher, and member of the boards of education in Socorro and Albuquerque. In 1901 he married Tula Vigil and they had five children together. Always wanting to practice law, Sedillo was admitted to the bar in El Paso, opened a practice in Socorro, and in 1907 moved his firm to Albuquerque. Sedillo was a dedicated public servant and served as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of New Mexico in 1910 and was elected to the New Mexico House of Representatives in 1924.

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